Our Seminars
Mon 29 Apr, '24- |
Econometrics Seminar - Tim Christensen (UCL)S0.10 |
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Mon 29 Apr, '24- |
Economic History Seminar - Katherine Eriksson (UC Davis)S2.77 Cowling RoomTitle: Marriage and the Intergenerational Mobility of Women: Evidence from Marriage Certificates 1850-1920 Abstract: Due to data limitations, long-run changes in women’s economic mobility are not well understood. Using a set of marriage certificates from Massachusetts over the period of 1850-1920, we link women and men to their childhood and adult census records to obtain a measure of occupational standing across two generations. Intergenerational mobility was higher for women than for men in the earliest 1850-70 cohort. Men’s mobility increases by the 1880-1900 cohort, whereas women’s does not, leading to a convergence. During a period with low married women’s labor force participation, the choice of a partner was crucial for women’s economic status. We find evidence of strong and increasing assortative matching prior to 1880, followed by declines to the 1900-20 cohort. Absent the increase in marital sorting, married women would have experienced the same increases in intergenerational mobility as did men in the sample. Finally, both men and women in the youngest cohort experience an increase in mobility and decreases in marital sorting, consistent with the widespread expansion of educational attainment during the “High School Movement." |
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Tue 30 Apr, '24- |
Applied Economics, Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - NIlesh FernandoS2.79Title: Regulation by Reputation? Intermediaries, Labor Abuses, and International Migration (with Niharika Singh, University of Notre Dame) |
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Wed 1 May, '24- |
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Rebecca Wilde (WMG)S0.13Title : Immersive learning: 4-week block teaching. Speaker: Rebecca Wilde (WMG) Abstract: Immersive learning has recently gained attention within the higher education sector. Current publications reflect heavily around the benefits gained from block teaching. A significant caveat within the existing body of literature is around how 4-week block teaching and immersive learning is operationalised in terms of curriculum design; and how this is cascaded to a course and module level. The focus of the session will be upon WMG’s experience of moving from a one-week block to a four-week block teaching model. |
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Wed 1 May, '24- |
CRETA Theory Seminar - Jakub Steiner (Zurich)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 7 May, '24- |
Applied Economics/ Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Heather Sarsons (UBC)S2.79Title: Moving to Opportunity, Together |
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Wed 8 May, '24- |
CRETA Seminar - Rahul Deb (Toronto)S2.79Title: Statistical Discrimination and the Distribution of Wages Here is the MS Teams link for this CRETA seminar |
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Thu 9 May, '24- |
Macro/International Seminar - Yue Yu (Toronto)S2.79Title: National Road Upgrading and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Ugandan Households (with Ian Herzog and Siyuan Liu) |
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Tue 14 May, '24- |
Applied Economics/Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Seth Zimmerman (Yale)S2.79Title : Parents’ Earnings and the Returns to Universal Pre-Kindergarten. |
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Wed 15 May, '24- |
Teaching & Learning Seminar - William Taylor (Lancaster)A0.23Title: The use of social networks to improve engagement and implement a research-led curriculum. Abstract: Improving the integration between research and teaching in higher education is an interesting yet complex issue that has been studied in several research papers. However, the relationship between research quality and students’ satisfaction, is consistently negative for economics over time. Past research suggests that the integration of research in higher education teaching has positive results in both students’ motivation and final grades in different areas, but in practice, this is a complex issue. We introduce an Instagram account as a complementary teaching resource in 4 different modules across 2 universities. The purpose of the account it to (1) introduce research-led teaching activities; (2) increase engagement and (3) relate teaching to students’ real lives. We find that engagement with the content persists even after the teaching term finishes, furthermore we observe a positive relationship between the students’ final grades and interaction with the account. |
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Wed 15 May, '24- |
CRETA Seminar - Miaomiao Dong (Penn State)S0.08Title to be advised. |
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Thu 16 May, '24- |
Macro/International Seminar - Nitya Pandalai-Nayar (UT Austin)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Mon 20 May, '24- |
Economic History Seminar - Eric Hilt (Wellesley College)S2.79Title: The Value of Ratings: Evidence from their Introduction in Securities Markets. |
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Mon 20 May, '24- |
Econometrics Seminar - Karim Chalak (Manchester)S2.79Title to be advised. |
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Tue 21 May, '24- |
Applied Economics/Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Nico Voigtlaender (UCLA)S2.79Title: Organizing a Kingdom (with Charles Angelucci and Simone Meraglia) Abstract: We develop a framework that examines the organizational challenges faced by central rulers when delegating administrative authority over rural areas and towns to local elites. We highlight two key mechanisms that describe how shifts in the economy can lead to institutional change: First, as towns’ economic potential grows (e.g., due to the Commercial Revolution), their inefficient administration by outsiders (i.e., landed elites) leads to higher losses for the ruler. Thus, the ruler grants self-governance to towns, allowing urban elites to better adapt to local shocks (trade opportunities). Second, in order for self-governing towns to coordinate their choices with the ruler’s interests, they need to receive reliable information about shocks to the kingdom (e.g., war threats). To ensure effective communication, the ruler informs towns directly in central assemblies. Overall, this process increases the weight given to urban elites’ preferences in decisions made by all stakeholders. Our framework can explain the emergence of municipal autonomy and towns’ representation in parliaments throughout Western Europe in the early modern period. We also discuss how the model applies to other historical dynamics, and to alternative organizational settings. |
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Wed 22 May, '24- |
CRETA Seminar - Ravi Jagadeesan (Stanford)S2.79Title: Multidimensional Screening with Returns (joint with Alexander Haberman and Frank Yang) |
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Tue 28 May, '24- |
Applied Economics/Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Lena Hensvik (Uppsala Universitet)S0.20Title to be advised. |
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Tue 28 May, '24- |
CRETA Seminar - Leeat Yariv (Princeton)S0.20Title to be advised. |
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Wed 29 May, '24- |
Teaching & Learning Seminar - Nahid Farnaz (York)S0.18Title: On Group Work |
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Thu 30 May, '24- |
Macro/International Seminar - Thierry Mayer (Sciences PO)S0.09Title to be advised. |
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Mon 3 Jun, '24- |
Economic History Seminar - Mara Squicciarini (Bocconi)S2.77 Cowling RoomTitle to be advised. |
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Mon 3 Jun, '24- |
Econometrics Seminar - Xiaoxia Shi (Wisconsin)S0.10Title to be advised. |
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Tue 4 Jun, '24- |
Applied Economics/Econometrics & Public Policy (CAGE) Seminar - Zoe CullenS0.10Title to be advised. |
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Wed 5 Jun, '24- |
CRETA Seminar - Giacomo Lanzani (Harvard)S0.10 |
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Thu 6 Jun, '24- |
Econometrics SeminarS0.18Title to be advised |
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Mon 10 Jun, '24- |
Economic History Seminar - Marco Tabellini (HBS)S2.77 Cowling RoomTitle: Homeward Bound: How Migrants Seek Out Familiar Climates (with Marguerite Obolensky, Charles A Taylor).. |